Rate Giantbomb for this year (2012)

Still a great site but a pretty terrible and boring year from them. I give them a pass during the months following the buyout and the content and TNTs they did then were still good, funny and entertaining but since the BLLSL they have been awful. Don't vary content, every TNT is a boring fps, don't communicate with premium members ever, come off as bored and miserable in videos and bombcast, the Patrick-fication of the site is disgusting and annoying, do they really want him to be the face of the site?

I renewed my subscription a few weeks ago because I have faith in them and that they will turn around in 2013, but if they stay the same I'll just stay here for the Bombcast (which will have ads by then), occasional funny QL that doesn't have Patrick and to hangout with you all.

Looking back on this stuff, I'm having to readjust my assessment of this year. I think the CBS move stuck out too much in my mind because goddamnit I forgot Flight Club was this year on top of Breaking Brad, Dave Fortress, a good number of Random PC Game, and a bunch of other live older game nonsense. This isn't to mention the number of hilarious and amazing QL's this year. Also, this year was the year I had my journey into the depths of the Lang Zone and a mailbag during the summer. So for me personally, this year was fucking amazing. However, I think Jeff himself admitted that we still aren't really seeing the full potential of the CBS acquisition.

I gave them a 4, i love the QL and all the live stuff but thats about it right now. I kinda fear that, in terns of video production, we are seeing less creativity. I would love to see more features that had some larger productions to them, for example more interviews with developers( that didn't take place in the GB office all the time) and, idk, something more then just QL, live stuff, and Jar time. Feels a bit to easy to make videos, i want expensive looking stupid stuff!

I voted four stars. The worst time for Giant Bomb is usually the holidays when everything is coming out and the crew doesn't have time to do crazy stuff like Breaking Brad and Load Our Last Save so I feel like the feeling right now is that of a bummer for people who come to this site and subscribe for that stuff. The move certainly didn't help things either this year, and since half the holiday releases got pushed into the spring, it might be a little while before truly great video happens again.

Still, this is the greatest website of our times, and I can only imagine what insanity is coming up with the backing of CBS combined with a lack of games to play. 2013 should be a banner year.

2 Stars. The increasing indie focus of the site, Klepek's crusade against game "misogyny", and routine quick look incompetence are getting old.

Jar Time is the only reason I didn't just go with one star. There's still time to turn things around, so I kept my subscription going. I still remember 2008 and 2009, and to me those were much better days to be here.

@Nightriff: I agree with most of what you say. I the last few months have had some pretty bad premium content has been bad for the last few months. Patrick isn't always bad, I would only say 20% of the time he can be annoying. I still don't get why Ryan only reviewed 5 games this year.

4-stars this year. I think "consistent" is a good descriptor for this year; a lot of decent but not mind-blowing TNTs, pretty good video content, Bombcast was great as always, but nothing really set my heart on fire. That said, considering the huge shake-up that has taken place for the guys this year, their consistency is pretty applaudable. Looking forward to next year.

Started out decent. Really trailed off and was pretty bad for a few months there with the transition. Now that it's back to full force, I think it's better than it's been in a while. Definitely better than all of 2011.

I was thinking somewhere between a 3 & a 4 sounded right & ended up being a bit more critical & voted 3. But that's at least partially in comparison to the high standards of previous years. A lot of 2012 was rough, especially with the move. There doesn't seem to have been much in the way of subscriber content lately, although things like Pokemon Snap, Brad's victories in Doom 2 & Modern Warfare 2 & the video of Drew's return from his holiday were fantastic things that make me feel content that it was $50 well spent. Honestly, one of the most annoying things of the move wasn't even the lack of content, it was the constant moaning on the forums about how this was terrible & we want everything to go back to the way it was etc. Bombcast is still very enjoyable, I still watch most but not all Quick Looks, Worth Reading is an excellent feature, & so on.

In 2013 I look forward to everything being more settled for obvious reasons, the new website being out & hopefully getting Dave back for more Flight Club action, The Raid™, more of the Encyclopedia Bombtastica, & new, entertaining features.

I gave it a 3. Despite what felt like more luls in enjoyable content then in the past, I still enjoyed it over all and it had some great points. I really just feel the site lost something awesome when they left the basement. I just loved having all the sites in one place to do cross overs. Plus the lack of Will and Norm is really sad. I'm so glad Will was here while he was because I never would have known about him had he not came along.

2 out of 5 but I'm a harsh judge. Video content was slim pickings for a good chunk of the year, and yes i know there was little they could do about it expect perhaps plan the move better, and premium content has gotten stale and has pretty much dried up outside of Jeff doing his Jar show. I feel like there was a lot less "we're gonna stop what we are doing and start playing random dumb video games" type streams and what not. Hopefully that picks back up next year. And hopefully there is more worthwhile premium content in the future cause I'm not really seeing the value in the subscription anymore.

Five Stars for the podcast alone. 300 Quick Looks, and great, unique subscriber content most weeks topped it off. Sure, I may have had a bunch of issues with the site the last couple weeks, but a small flaw doesn't detract from what they bring on a weekly basis.

3/5 While Giant Bomb is still a great site, content this year was pretty slow. I know the move had a lot to do with it, but subscriber content has been really thin since then, and regular content only recently started picking up again. However, I'm optimistic that once the new site rolls out things will get better.

3/5 While Giant Bomb is still a great site, content this year was pretty slow. I know the move had a lot to do with it, but subscriber content has been really thin since then, and regular content only recently started picking up again. However, I'm optimistic that once the new site rolls out things will get better.

Don't worry. Once they get settled in from their move to the CBS offices, things will pick up.